Westlife

The singer-songwriter says he feels he’s an arena artist and wants to be a global star – but he still finds time for a night of Guinness drinking with his Irish cousins

Stadium operator’s accounts show a 63% rise in operating profit last year, with IRFU and FAI contributing €7m in revenue

Former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has always been a square peg in a round hole. "That’s me for the entire time I’ve been in music", she tells Tony Clayton-Lea.

Plus: Who is the British female solo act with the most entries in the UK Singles Chart?

Jack and Jill Foundation launch this year’s Incognito sale – where buyers don’t know the artist until the collection sells out

Five-bed period pile occupies prime end-of-terrace spot on sought-after Sandycove stretch

Including George Michael: Outed, Réaltaí na Gaeltachta, The Dry and more

Thankfully Oisín Mac Diarmada, Mirella Murray, Noriana Kennedy and Donogh Hennessy have made it to February, and a nationwide tour

Garth Brooks gigs help Croke Park to 13th spot among world’s most successful concert venues in terms of box office receipts

40,000 people are expected to see Westlife, Gavin James and Lyra

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Fans gathered in the 3Arena on Tuesday night for the sold-out Westlife gig.

Ireland’s pop princes are playing the former Point Depot for the 72nd time in their career, in the first of three sold-out concerts

Shane Filan promises the best Westlife concert ever. I bet he says that to all the crowds

The boy band turned ‘man band’ are back on tour, 20 years after they first got together